Production of Schrdinger macroscopic quantum-superposition states in a Kerr medium. Academic Article

abstract

• We show how a special class of Schrdinger macroscopic quantum-superposition states can be produced by a coherent field propagating through a Kerr medium. We show that these states are eigenstates of the mth power of the photon-annihilation operator leading also to the possibility of producing these using multiphoton Jaynes-Cummings systems. We further show how superpositions of squeezed coherent states can be produced. 1993 The American Physical Society.

authors

• Agarwal, Girish

published proceedings

• Phys Rev A

author list (cited authors)

• Tara, K., Agarwal, G. S., & Chaturvedi, S.

citation count

• 111

complete list of authors

• Tara, K||Agarwal, GS||Chaturvedi, S

publication date

• June 1993

publisher

• American Physical Society (APS)  Publisher

published in

• Physical Review A: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics  Journal

PubMed Central ID

• 9909536

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1103/physreva.47.5024

start page

• 5024

end page

• 5029

volume

• 47

issue

• 6